We visited Versailles on a guided tour from Paris, and for a first visit I highly recommend one. We went inside the palace, and it was every bit as opulent as its …
Two days in Paris won’t cover everything. The Louvre alone could fill both of them. What two days can do is give a first-time visitor the highlights in a sensible order, with …
I have seen Toronto from the top of 1,776 stairs and from a picnic lawn across the harbour. In between, I have walked under sharks at the foot of the CN Tower, …
We arrived at the Shangri-La in Toronto on a snowy December night, and the entrance alone sets high expectations. Rising, a huge stainless steel tree branch covered in a flock of birds, …
I was lucky with my timing. On the day I visited the Royal Ontario Museum, Earth: An Immersive Journey was on in the Philosopher’s Gallery on Level 1, and it turned out …
On Boxing Day, with snow coming down over University Avenue, we went for brunch at Cafe Landwer, just across from the Shangri-La. Friends in Toronto had told me about it, and one …
After the Dangerous Lagoon, with its sharks gliding overhead, Planet Jellies is a change of pace. The rooms are dark, the only light comes from the tanks, and the jellyfish drift through …
The first thing I saw at the Royal Ontario Museum in Toronto was a gold ceiling. Walking in through the rotunda, I had the impression I was entering a Byzantine basilica. It …
Every December, Reign restaurant at the Fairmont Royal York in Toronto serves a festive dinner, and we booked it for Christmas Day 2025. I hesitated at first. How could a restaurant beat …
Ripley’s Aquarium of Canada, at the base of the CN Tower in Toronto, is a lot of fun, and the Dangerous Lagoon is the best of it. It is the aquarium’s largest …
The first dinosaur at the Royal Ontario Museum in Toronto stands in Chen Court, before any of the galleries. Its neck rises past the windows of the old brick building, and it …
We spent Christmas 2025 in Toronto at the Shangri-La, in a one-bedroom Deluxe Suite, and it was a true home away from home. The suite was soundproof, comfortable and peaceful, and the …